Help: Truck stuck in 4 low help

[BUST'EM 504]

I was pulling a log by my hunting camp today in 4 wheel low. I tried to switch it back in neutral all of a sudden it started grinding bad would not go into 2 wheel drive. I turned off the truck and tried again still was grinding and not switching. No codes everything else is in check.

 

[Big Block 88]

Put the transfer in nuetral with the trans in Park, with the motor off. The truck should statrt rolling. Start the truck and pull back to 2hi

 

[ripmf666]

Try putting the truck in N with the parking brake on then switch to 4 high then to 2wd.

 

[BUST'EM 504]

ok I got it out of 4 low thanks fellas

now any ideas what would make this happend

 

[Big Block 88]

Were you beating on it? I have been stuck in 4 low before in my 03 gasser I had but it was from runnin the hell out of it and I think it must jam somthin inside and it's a bitch to get it out, that why I just neutral out the transfer and try to restart

 

[Kat]

Some trucks are just a :witch: to get out of 4wd low. Blue is one of them.

 

[BUST'EM 504]

no not at all truck hardly ever sees 4 wheel low I just need some low end to pull this log about 15 feet it went in fine just wouldnt come out
Did you ever figure out the problem in the gasser

 

[BUST'EM 504]

Some trucks are just a :witch: to get out of 4wd low. Blue is one of them.

Really, does it grind or click also it sounds terrible

 

[Big Block 88]

I think it jsut gets jammed up or somthing? I not know foe soe. But the Mikey L. prolly knows doe.

 

[jlawles2]

Check the tcase fluid level. Does anyone know if it gets low, will the gears overheat and bind???

 

[ripmf666]

If you read Gm tells you to put the truck in N first and the parking brake then switch to and from 4 low. That stopped it from acting up on me.

 

[Kat]

Really, does it grind or click also it sounds terrible

Yes. When I used to sledpull Blue I would have to drive to the pits and have Pat do it. Wendy I can get back to 2wd much easier.

 

[BUST'EM 504]

^^^ Thanks im gonna give it a try not that I use it all that often but would still like to know why it does this

 

[minisub]

There is some friction in the transmission that is spinning the TC gears, that's the why.

 

[BUST'EM 504]

Would this cause any longterm damage

 

[Colt]

When mine was new it seemed like it would bind up from lots of shaft/gear tensions and it turned out putting it in Reverse just a few feet and D a few times pulling the shifter to find the release pt. I took it out one weekend and did like 60 miles of log roads in 4lo and that thing shifts like a dream now. I'm always afraid of breaking the linkage jerking on the shifter when it's bound up real tight, seen that from another deal.....